Election officials in a number of states are taking extra precautions to assure voters that it's safe to go to the polls on supertuesday2020, as concern grows about the spread of the new coronavirus.
"We haven't received very many calls from voters, or word of pollworkers declining to show up," he says. "That's a good sign."
Throughout the country, election officials say they're monitoring the situation closely and are ready to respond if necessary. But so far, they appear to have made only minimal adjustments.In Falls Church, Va., elections director Dave Bjerke says they always have hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes available at polling sites, but his office double-checked to make sure there will be adequate supplies for Tuesday's primary.
Bjerke says that election officials have to plan for all kinds of emergencies, noting that the 9/11 terrorist attacks and a 2011 earthquake in Virginia both occurred on election days."We have to be prepared for all of it," he says."I tell voters if they worry about these kinds of things, there's always absentee voting.
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